Chinese to send rabbit meal
Rabbit meat from China is expected to be on sale in Auckland by the end of this month, but it: is not known yet if it will be available in Christchurch. Mr B. Mather, chairman of the Canterbury Fish Retail-! ers’ Association, says rabbit meat might: be handled m Christchurch by butchery and supermarket chains. A Wellington firm is importing rabbit from China: it will be the first time rabbit meat has been legally on sale in New Zealand for 24 years. Mr Mather expects considerable demand for the meat, which he says will probably retail about $3 a kilogram. China, a big exporter of commercial rabbit meat, sent 9000 tonnes to Britain last year. < Mr Mather thinks the price will probably fall considerably, as there are now two or three other countries competing to export rabbit meat to New Zealand. Although the Rabbit Act, 1955, makes it illegal to sell domestic rabbit meat or skins in New’ Zealand, it-does not prohibit the importation of rabbit meat.
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